Sentences with phrase «most critical infrastructure»

But if by the Big One they mean the earthquake that will wreak havoc over the widest geographic area, that could destroy the most critical infrastructure, that could send a train of tsunamis across the Pacific causing economic mayhem that would probably last a decade or more — then the seismic demon to blame could not possibly be the San Andreas.

Trump's opposition to funding the Gateway Program, an established project that is widely considered a solution to one of the nation's most critical infrastructure needs, has confounded even veteran Republicans.

The victory was that these partial meltdowns were containable because of the hard work that was done to protect our most critical infrastructure from the Y2K issue.

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The upshot is that Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure may need to be included on the list of critical infrastructure targets, which includes utilities, transportation systems, financial markets and most recently election systems.

Chinese foreign direct investment in Europe has soared from under $ 1 billion in 2008 to $ 35 billion in 2016.2 Examples of Chinese economic activities include: acquisitions of European companies in a variety of strategic fields, most notably in the technology sector; sustained investment into existing critical infrastructure; and the provision of funding for new infrastructure projects.

With more and more infrastructure coming to rely on a network of computers communicating around the clock, the most critical functions of our organizations could soon be more vulnerable than ever before.

Floating Hospital for Children Fund The Floating Hospital for Children Fund raises important funds to support the critical programs, initiatives and infrastructures most in need that allow us to work wonders every day.

The next twelve months will be absolutely critical for both parties as they try to build a digital and data - driven campaigning infrastructure for the next election cycle, and most activists assumed that NOI would be a central part of the Democratic side of that training frenzy.

«The Gateway Tunnel is critical to the long - term vitality of the entire Northeast region and one of the most important infrastructure projects in the country,» Cuomo said in a statement.

[T] he income tax surcharge that Mayor de Blasio has proposed for the most financially prosperous among us, vested stakeholders in this city, and its critical infrastructure, is a plan all New Yorkers can rally around to meet the long - term needs of our subways.

Ray Scollin, state Republican Vice Chair of the North Country, said investing in infrastructure is critical to combat the brain drain and keep young people in small communities like Saranac Lake, which is fast becoming one of the Adirondack Park's most desirable communities for young people.

It is the most notable attack on critical infrastructure that has come to light.

But Biden was also critical of the lack of progress being made when it comes to Congress approving infrastructure upgrades, decrying how the most modern airports in the world are overseas.

«Closing Rikers Island also provides a unique opportunity to redevelop the island,» the report observes, with the most promising future uses including an extension of La Guardia Airport to create a third runway, or a new hub of critical city infrastructure such as water and waste treatment centers, research facilities and a public greenway.

Yet communication is most critical precisely at those times when the communications infrastructure is lost.

Scaling up: a slow - moving process Deployment of hydrogen infrastructure to date has been slow and remains the most critical barrier to widespread adoption of FCVs.

As a result, most of the region's building stock and critical infrastructure in the area have yet to undergo seismic retrofits.

Most programmable devices are still at risk, including those embedded in autonomous vehicles, critical infrastructure, wearable computing devices, and in the Internet of Things, a term that refers to online control devices ranging from smart thermostats to industrial systems.

``... for most nations the Kyoto Protocol would require extensive diversion of human and financial resources away from more immediate and pressing needs in health care, education, infrastructure, and, yes, the environment — all critical to the well - being of future generations.»

While the investments in our infrastructure were what kept us busy, the most critical part of our growth story has been keeping that local touch.»

Our most critical need is to rebuild our civic infrastructure, investing in institutional reforms that enable interaction with people who are politically not like ourselves.

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) standard on physical security — known as Critical Infrastructure Protection - 014 (CIP - 014)-- includes six basic requirements, but perhaps the most

«The road to resilience: Financing resilient energy infrastructure» examines the evolution of the most critical emerging risks to the energy sector — extreme weather events, energy - water - food nexus and cyber threats — and identifies measures to respond through -LSB-...]

a. ECS = 1.65 to 3.2 C b. Emissions rates, e.g. RCP4.5, 6, 8.5 c. Damage function =??? (This is the most critical of all, but I don't understand the input parameters or how how to vary them to give justifiable range of impacts) d. Appropriate discount rates, e.g. = 3 %, 5 %, 7 %, 10 % (i.e., up to what has been widely used by aid agencies for investment decisions for infrastructure projects over the past half century or so — e.g. 10 % and 12 % by World Bank for energy projects).

«Some of the most serious legal issues confronting companies today relate to cybersecurity and national security law,» said Mark D. Wasserman, Eversheds Sutherland (US) Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland Ltd. «These issues affect the critical infrastructure supporting the US and global economies, and Michael will be of immediate value to clients as they face increasing pressure to have best practices and policies in place to protect customer and sensitive business information.»